Improved carburetter for air and gas



thi-ted tate @anni @Mire Leners Patent No. 92,635, dazed July' 13,".1869.

vIturrzovrm cARBURETTER ron AIR Annees.

The-Schedu1e referred 'to in these Letten Patentand making part-of the um.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J .-NIonoLs, of Buffalo, in the county of Erie, and in 4the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carburetter for Air; and do her'eby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact deseiiption` thereof, reference lbeing had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters'fof reference marked thereon.

In theannexed drawings, makinga part of this speciiicationv A representsja box or vessel with its lid removed,

made of any suitable material and dimensions.`

The box A-is provided with a partition, B, thereby forming in one end lthereof a reservoir or tank, in which to place the carbon or material with which to supply the carburetter.

Leading into the tank or reservoir in the end' of the box A, is a supply-pipe, D, and leading from saidtank is a discharge-pipe, C, which leads into and supplies' the chambers or reservoirs xbetween the angular ,partitions H H. v

E represents a pipe leading into one end of the carburetter, near its supply-pipe O, through which the air -is forced intoand through the carbon ormaterial in the chambers or reservoirs composingfthe carburetter. F represents the discharge-pipe for the carbonized air or gas.

H H represent plates or partitions placed across the' box A, a passage being lett around opposite ends of each, so that the air will pass around and over the sur#l The action of the carbon-chamber is wholly under the influence of atmospheric pressure, the pipe O actsupply-chamber, when a sucient supply of carbon isv admitted from said reservoir to ll the chambers high enough to immerse the end of the pipe O in the liquid,

which acts as a liquid seal. v A,

It will thus be seen that carbonfis supplied only in quantities sucient'for use, or that vmay be required or taken'up by the air forced through the carburetter, and that the same is furnished at all times as required,

so as to insure a uniform, steady, and kbrilliant light .until the reservoir shall be exhausted.

The plates H H may be so arranged lthat they ma)1 be raised, so as f to disconnect the porous platestor vstrips I I, iffound at anytime to he desirable.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I'claim as new, and desireto secure 4by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement, wit-hin the case A, of a series of incline plates, H, 'which are covered with cloth, or

other suitable material, said plates openat one end, and

provided with receptacles :t at the opposite ends, substantially as shownand described.

2. Passing the liquid through the reservoir in a pipe, the lowerend of which is open, and which extends, down near the receptacles in the upper inclined plate, so as A to form a liquid seal, and an automatic feed of the liquid over the plate, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have here-` unto set my hand, this 1st day of June, 1867.

WILLIAM J. NICHOLS.

Witnesses:

J. M. Mason, V. D. STOGKBRIDGE. 

